Villains (Queens of the Stone Age album)

Villains
Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age
Released August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Recorded January – March 2017
Studio United Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Length 48:00[1]
Label
Producer
Queens of the Stone Age chronology
...Like Cologne
(2013)...Like Cologne2013		 Villains
(2017)
Singles from Villains
  1. "The Way You Used to Do"
    Released: June 15, 2017
  2. "The Evil Has Landed"
    Released: August 10, 2017

Villains is the upcoming seventh studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, to be released on August 25, 2017. The album was announced on June 14, with a teaser trailer taking the form of a comedy skit featuring the band performing a polygraph test with Liam Lynch. The first single, "The Way You Used to Do", was released the following day along with the announcement of a world tour.[2][3]

Background and recording

Several of the songs from the album were previewed in some form prior to its release. The album's final track, "Villains of Circumstance", was first premiered by Homme in 2014 at an acoustic concert for James Lavelle's Meltdown Festival, while "The Evil Has Landed" was performed by the band during their first gig of 2017 on June 22 at The Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls, New York.[4] "The Evil Has Landed" single was released August 10th 2017. In addition to this, several snippets of songs have been featured in teaser trailers released online in promotion of the album, including a short clip of the album's opening track, "Feet Don't Fail Me".

The album has been described as "a little looser and more uptempo than their last release ...Like Clockwork." and "more carefree".[5] Josh Homme cites his interest in dancing, working with Mark Ronson, and the song, "Uptown Funk" for the direction of the album.[5] Kory Grow of Rolling Stone notes, "While the guitars still have the limber crunch of Queens albums past, they're playing around easy-breezy disco beats and chilly synths on songs like "Feet Don't Fail Me" and "Un-Reborn Again.""[5]

Artwork

The cover art for Villains was designed by graphic artist Boneface, who designed the artwork for Queen's of the Stone Age's previous album, ...Like Clockwork.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Feet Don't Fail Me"5:41
2."The Way You Used to Do"4:34
3."Domesticated Animals"5:20
4."Fortress"5:27
5."Head Like a Haunted House"3:21
6."Un-Reborn Again"6:40
7."Hideaway"4:18
8."The Evil Has Landed"6:30
9."Villains of Circumstance"6:09
Total length:48:00[1]

Personnel

Queens of the Stone Age

Production and design

References

  1. 1 2 "Villains - Queens of the Stone Age". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Blais-Billie, Braudie. "Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Album Villains, Preview New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Blistein, Jon. "Queens of the Stone Age Preview New LP, Tour With Gritty 'The Way You Used to Do'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ May, Emma. "Listen to Queens of the Stone Age Play New Song “The Evil Has Landed”". Spin. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Grow, Kory. "Inside Queens of the Stone Age's Dark, Danceable New LP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "boneface (@b0neface) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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